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Motor Imagery

Also known as: MI, Mental Practice, Imagined Movement

The mental rehearsal or imagination of physical movement without actual motor execution. In brain-computer interfaces, motor imagery typically involves imagining left-hand or right-hand movements, which produce distinct patterns in the sensorimotor cortex that can be detected via EEG. This approach is valuable for accessibility because it requires no physical movement whatsoever—users with complete paralysis can still generate these mental signals to control devices, type text, or navigate interfaces.

Category: assistive technology · input methods

Related: Brain-Computer Interface · Electroencephalography

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